在免疫检查点阻塞的试验与常规护理高级泌尿腺癌患者的生存率进行比较

Lucy S Wang1, Rebecca A Hubbard2, Ronac Mamtani3

  • 1Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

概括

使用 pembrolizumab 的一线免疫疗法在常规护理和临床试验中的晚期泌尿腺癌 (aUC) 患者的整体存活率相似. 这种现实世界的有效性为接受免疫检查点抑制剂的西斯普拉丁不合格患者提供了保证.

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